United Pressings and Fabrications
of Wolverhampton, maker of vehicle chassis
1990 The Pressings and Fabrications division of Parkfield Group was sold to a management buyout; this was basically the chassis-making concern that had been built up over the previous 4 years by a series of acquisitions of West Midlands companies. This became United Pressings and Fabrications on 31st August and seems to have been very successful.[1]
1994 Stock market listing planned as UPF UK Ltd[2]
1998 The managers took the business private, at more or less the flotation price, in order to win funding for an acquisition of a German company[3]
2001 Went into liquidation. This prompted a major argument between the major customer, Land Rover and the liquidators over the amount of money that Land Rover should pay.[4]. See notes under Rockwell Thompson